. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . O. BOLINGBROKE STRP:ET—HISTORIC HOUSES BOMBARDED In the houses down this quiet street, Halile at any moment to Ije piereeil Ijy shot, as some of these have been, the women of Peters-burg, with all tlic courage the liaughters of tlie South invariably have shown, went bravely about their self-imposed tasks, denyingthemselves all luxuries and frequently almost the necessities of life, to help feed and take care of the men in the trenches thatfaced the Federal lines. Duri
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . O. BOLINGBROKE STRP:ET—HISTORIC HOUSES BOMBARDED In the houses down this quiet street, Halile at any moment to Ije piereeil Ijy shot, as some of these have been, the women of Peters-burg, with all tlic courage the liaughters of tlie South invariably have shown, went bravely about their self-imposed tasks, denyingthemselves all luxuries and frequently almost the necessities of life, to help feed and take care of the men in the trenches thatfaced the Federal lines. During the siege, from June, 1864, to April, 1865, led by the wives of some of the officers high in com-mand, the Petersburg citizens, and the women especially, exhibited high heroism in nursing the wounded and aiding the army. Thisstreet was named after a distinguished Revolutionary family, whose mansion during the Revolution had been seized and made theheadquarters of Benedict .\mold. Arnold, after his defection from the Continental cause, had been sent into Virginia to destroythe property of prominent Revolutionists. [c]. A BATTERED RELIC OF COLONIAL DAYS IN PETERSBURG This beautiful old mansion on Bo-lingbroke Street could look back tothe days of buckles and smallclothes; it wears an aggrieved andsurprised look, as if wondering whyit shoidd have received such buffet-ings as its pierced walls, its shatteredwindows and doorway show. Yetit was more fortunate than some ofits near-by neighbors, which werenever again after the visitation ofthe falling shells fit habitations formankind. Many of these handsomeresidences were utterly destroyed,their fixtures shattered beyond re-pair; their wainscoting, built whenthe Commonwealth of Virginia was -^^. ^^£^ _^ ■ ^^ J9. 1 11 ^^■BSld «i^ 1 1^ hH- ._ Br Ji Ml mam- wMmr 1 -i-iH 1 ^ilMiiiiTir -■M ^ -irr4 ililllllllir !■■ > .■.■•1. [l wHI : -? r ni II III tmmtv T* COPYRIGHT, ruled i>\ir by the representative ofKing Cieo
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